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FOUNTAIN TANK H. K. PINKERTON ET'AL Original Filed Oct.

Aug. 25, 1931.

#zo the water from the inlet to the outlet. The' Reissuecl Aug. 25, 1931UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOWARD K. PINKER'ION, 0F MADISON, WISCONSIN,AND FREEMAN RHYNDRESS, OF

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GENERAL ELEC-TRIC COMPANY ,'A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK FOUNTAIN TANK Original No.1,692,223, dated November 20, 1928, Serial No. 141,505, led October 14,1926. Application for reissue med August 13, 1929. Serial No. 385,822.

Our invention relates to water coolers and more particularly to a newand improved cooling tank for water that'is connected directly withihewater supply.

It is a purpose of our invention to provide a water cooler comprising atank, or other suitable reservoir, mounted in an insulated receptacleprovided with refrigerating means that has a constantly open outletconnection and a valved inlet connection, the outlet connection beingpreferably located near the top of the tank so that the tank issubstantially entirely filled with water at all times.

lt is a further purpose of our invention to provide a tank in a watercooler having an inlet near the top and adjacent one end thereof and anoutlet near the top vand adjacent the other end thereof and means in thetank to provide a circuitous passagefor plates extending from oppositelyarranged wall portions, such as the top and bottom, of

.5 the tank;- those extending from the top terminating short of thebottom and those extending from the bottom terminating short of the top,said baille members being arranged alternately.

Other objects and advantages of the inj vention will appear as thedescription of the acompanying drawings proceeds. However, we desire tohave itdistinctly underl y Stood that we do notintend to limit ourselvesto the exact details shown or described, but

that we intend to include as part 'of our invention all such obviouschanges and modifications of parts as would occur to a person skilledlin this art and as would fall within the scope of the claims.

ln the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a refrigerator, partlybroken away, showing our improved water cooler in position therein.

Fig.' 2 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale of theWater cooler and the adjoining wall portion of the refrigerator.

Fig. 3 is a` section taken on the` line 3--3 of Fig. 2, and

erably mounted in an insulated receptacle such as a refrigerator whichis, of course, provided with insulating material 11 in the wallsthereof. The water cooler is preferably arranged closely adjacentsuitable refrigerating means which may be any refrigerant or amechanical refrigerating device such as that indicated at 12 which isoperated by electric power. s

Our improved water cooler comprises a tank 13, or other suitablereservoir, which is supported from one of the verticall extending walls14 of the receptacle 10 y means of the bracket members 15 secured flatlyagainst the wall 14 and having substantially horizontally extendingportions l'andobliquely extending bracing portions 17 with two-plyflange portions 18 joining the portions 16 and 17, said flan es beingturned downwardly on the upper wardly on the'lower brackets to supportthe tank 13 y'and hold the same in proper position. If desired, the tank13 may be seraekets and upcured to the brackets 15 in any suitablemanner. The brackets 15 are also provided with the two-ply flangeportions 19 through which the fastening elements 20 may extend.

The tank 13 is preferably made rectangular in form being relatively talland long and thin, that is, the vertically extending walls 21 arepreferably spaced only a slight distance apart and are relatively largein aren. while the end walls 22 and the top and bottom walls 23 and 24respectively, are of rela'- tively small area; thus atank is providedthat has a very large area exposed to the cooling means. The walls 21are of course substantially parallel to each other as are also the walls22 and the walls 23 and 24.

An inlet 25 is provided adjacent oneend of l tank is an outlet 29 withwhich vthe outlet pipe 30 is connected, that may be in any suitab e formbut is shown with a down-turned end portion 31 forming a spout, saidoutlet connection 30 bein always open into the tank 13. Mounted wit inthe tankand extending downwardly from the top 23 thereof are the bailleplatesy 32,'said plates extending from one side 21 to the other side 21and being provided with the free ends 33 spaced from the bottom 24substantially the same distance as the distance between the endmostplates 32 and the walls 22. Alternating with the plates 32 are bailleplates 34 which extend from the bottom 24 and also extend from one side21 to the other side 21. The baille plates 34 are provided with free endportions 35 that are spaced substantially the same distance from the top23 that the ends 33 of the plates 32 are spaced from the bottom 24.Furthermore, the plates 32 and 34 are spaced substantially equaldistances apart to thus provide a circuitous passage of substantiallyuniform width from the inlet 25 to the outlet 29. Accordingly when thevalve 27 is open, water will flow through the tank 13 in the directionindicated by the arrows in Fig. 3, the entrance of the comparativelywarm water through the inlet 26 moving the cold water in the tank 13 outthrough the outlet 30. Thus a circulation of water in the tank 13 isobtained every time the inlet valve 2'? is opened and due to the factthat the outlet connection is free and unrestricted the waterI willcirculate readily in the tank 13 las vindicated in Fig. 3. Thus a verysimple construction of cooler is provided and due to the position of thevalve 27 the citv water pressure is not. exerted on the tank 13, thusmaking it possible to use a relatively lifrht construction of tank andavoiding any cliance of leakage due to excessive pressure thereon.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is y 1. In adevice'of the character described, an insulated receptacle,refrigerating means therein, a tank mounted in said receptacle having aninlet adjacent one end thereof andv 4 IPmKnn'rON has set his hand this8th day of July, 1929, and the said FREEMAN L. Rin-N- an unobstructedoutlet adjacent the other end thereof, means exterior to the tank forcontrollino the inlet and baille members in said tank ietween said inletand said outlet.

2. In a device of the character described, an insulated receptacle,refrigerating means therein, a relatively tall, thin and long tankmounted in said receptaclefhaving a valve in- .let'` adjacent one endthereof and an unobstructed outlet adjacent the other end thereof andbaille members in said tank between said inlet and said outlet, saidbatile members extendin alternately from the top and bottom of sai tankand terminating in spaced relation respectively to said bottom and to i.

3. In a device of the character described, a

tank having a free outlet f rom its upper portion and having a valvedsupply intake provided with manual control means exterior to the tankwhereby withdrawal of liquid from the tank is controlled at the intake.

4. In a device of the character described, a tank having spaced intakeand outlet conduits, the outlet conduit being in connection .Y

with the upper portion of the tank unobstructed and the intake conduithaving `valve control exterior to the tank whereby discharge from thetank is effected b pressure of incoming fluid on contents o the tankwhen the intake conduit is opened.

5. In a device of the character described, an insulated receptacle,refrigerating means therein, a reservoir mounted in said receptaclehaving an outlet and being arranged to maintain a body of water therein,a water pressure supply pipe, and a valved water inlet leading into saidreservoir and connected to said Water pressure supply pipe, said outletbeing continuously open so as to prevent said i'eservoir being subjectedto the full pressure of said pipe.

6. In a device of the character described, an insulated receptacle,refrigerating means therein, a tank mounted in said receptacle, anoutlet connection therefor, a water pressure supply pipe for supplyingwater under pressure, and a valved water inlet leading into said tankand connected to said pressure supply pipe, said outlet connection'being continuously open so as to prevent said tank being subjected tothe full pressure of said pressure supply pipe and being arranged toretain a body of water in said tank.

7. In a device of the character described, an insulated receptacle,refrigerating means therein, a tank of light construction in saidreceptacle, a water pipe for supplying water under pressure, a vulvedinlet to said tank for connecting the same to said pipe, and meansindependent of said inlet valve and constituting an outlet forpreventing the taiik being subjected to the pressure of said pipe andfor retaining a body of water in said tank.

In witness whereof.. the saidlloimnn K.

Dnnss has set his hand this 18th day of July, 1929.

' HOIVARD K. PINKERTON., FREEMAN L. R'IYNDRESS.

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